Harry Potter star Emma Watson tonight likened her life to that of screen goddess Marilyn Monroe.

Speaking at the London premiere of My Week with Marilyn, Ms Watson, 21, who plays wardrobe assistant Lucy in the film, said: "I certainly feel a lot for her and for what she went through.

"I think she was just trying to find her feet in the midst of this kind of crazy circus that went on around her, and trying to find some sort of balance and some sort of normality in her life, and I can definitely relate to that."

Ms Watson, wearing an embroidered white top by designer Jason Wu, said she was currently focused on her work at Oxford University, but she said of future projects: "There are a lot of things that I'm lining up."

My Week with Marilyn, directed by Simon Curtis, stars Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe when she comes to Pinewood Studios in 1956 to star alongside Sir Laurence Olivier in The Prince and The Showgirl.

Eddie Redmayne plays 23-year-old Colin Clark, whose real life memoirs The Prince, The Showgirl and Me formed the basis for the film.

Clark's first job in the movie business was working as a "third assistant director". Monroe, hounded by paparazzi and nervous about working with Olivier, turns to Clark for solace.

Marilyn Monroe

Monroe starred in a string of hit movies in the 50s and became a major sex symbol.

She died aged 36 from an overdose of barbiturates, although the exact circumstances of her death have never been established.